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Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Venue: Bhasmay,Rorathang East Sikkim
Date: October 24, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan |
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Motacilla cinerea (Grey Wagtail)
Venue: Sungdung, Rongli, East Sikkim
Date: January 4, 2014
Pic: Shital Pradhan
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Scientific
classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Passeriformes
Family: Motacillidae
Genus: Motacilla
Species: M. cinerea
Binomial name: Motacilla cinerea
(Tunstall, 1771)
Other Names: Grey wagtail
Special feature: The species looks similar to the
yellow wagtail but has the yellow on its underside restricted to the throat and
vent. Breeding males have a black throat. This species was first described by
Marmaduke Tunstall in his 1771 Ornithologia Britannica. (Source:
Wikipedia)
Its
tail is noticeably longer than those of pied and yellow wagtails.